Improved head-rest



'2 Sheets-Sheet 1. LYON & CURTIS.

HEAD REST. No. 104,473. PatentedJune 21,1870.

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2 Sheets-Sheet 2. LYON & CURTIS.

HEAD REST. No. 104,473. Patented June 21, 1870.

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1T BAXTER LYON 1 AND; cHARLns M.

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"Letters Patent No. 104,473, dated J1me 21, 1870.

mrnovan HEAD-REST.

- 0 i The Schedulereferred to in these Letters Patent and making partot thesame.

Be it known that we, Baxrnn Lyon and CHARLES R M. CURTIS, of Springfield, in the county of Hampden y and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful improved Head-Rest; and wedo herebydeclarc that the following is a full, clear, and exact description @thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing making part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, in whichi i Figure l,plate 1, is'a side elevation of the standard and the clamp of a head-rest made according to our Figure 2 is a plan view of the ,clamp; Figure 3 is a transverse section of the tapered joint; Figure at is a front view of one of the clasps Figure 5 is a front view of the smaller clasp; Figure 6, plate 2, is a side view of the head-piece 3 as itappears inplace; and

Figure 7 is a back view of the same.

, Our invention relates to the portable head-rests dct signed to beused by attaching them to the backs of 1 chairs 01' seats, and is particularly adapted for use by travelers in railwaycars; and r i It consists of a clamp, having a perforated jointed clasp attached to the frame or top piece of the clamp,

, 1 the other clasp being a solid plate hung upon a horizontal wife 01' rod, the two clasps being secured to the seat-back by means of a thumb-screw passing through a portion of the clamp. i I

- A veitical h leis made in: the main: part of j the j clamp into which may be introduced a rod, which-may besecure'd at any desired height therein by means of a set-screw.' This rod is jointed with a tapered joint,

land to the top of said rod is secured, by means of a set-screw, a jointed piece, having holes or mortises 1 ymade therein, into which are inserted four curved springs, having attached thereto a frame, of metal or w other suitable material, to which is secured a piece of cloth or other substance;

' That others skilled in the'art may able to make fand useour invention,-we will now proceed to describe =1 its construction and mode of operation.)

Inthedrawinge j r A represents the two main bars of a the clamp, having jointed thereto, at one end, the clamp'O, which may be moved upon thepivot a, as indicated in dotted lines in fig. l. r

The cross-piece o connects thebars A together at one end, and the piece B connects them at their other end, said piece 13 projecting downward as far as desirable. j i

To the bar 0' is firmly secured the rod or wire 0,

i which extends nearly to'the piece B, and-which serves as a spring, upon which is suspened freely the small clasp b, which is fi'eto'inove in either direction along the rod 0, and a thumb-screw, c, operates through a threaded hole made in the lower part of the piece B.

The clasp G is perforated or open in its central portion, as shown in fig. 2, and also'more fully in fig. 4.

A vertical hole, d, is made in the part B, and asetscrew, 6, is turned through the part B and into said hole d.

A rod, (1, is inserted into said hole, and secured at any desiredlheight by means of said set-screwc.

This said rod d is jointed at F, said jointconsisting of the piece f, which has a conical interior seat, i, into which fits 'well the conical part c" of the piece It.

. A hole is madethrough the piece flthronghwhich passes a thumb-screw, g, its thread engaging with the thread made in the hole It, so that, when the said thumb-screw g is turned in tightly, the conical part 'i' is drawn firmly in contact with the conical seat iii: the part f.

To the top ofthc rod (1 is secured, by means of the set-scrcw l, the socket or piece I, to which is jointed,

by means of a joint similar to that already described,

the circular piece m, having the radial mortises or holes secured the cloth piece D, either by riveting or sewing, and which may be suitably ornamented around the edge, if desirable. This cloth piece and its frame D are represented as circular in the drawing, but any convenient form may be used instead, either oval, square, or any other form desirable;

The operation of the device is as follows:

The clamp is placed upon the back of a car-scat or chair, with the upper edge of the back between the two clasps G and l), and, it the thumb-screw c is turned in against the piece I), said piece, being suspended freely upon the spring rod 0, will readily adjust itself to the particular form of the seat-back, while a small portion of the cloth or upholstery upon the front of the seat-back will be pressed out into the central opening in the clasp G, which operates to give the said clasp a firmer hold upon the seat-back.

The inside of the piece 11 may be covered with plush "or cloth, to prevent defacing the back of the seat-back,

if made of wood, and to assist in securing a firmer hold upon the seat-back.

The rod dis inserted in the hole d, and secured at block, which holds the springs n of the head-piece D, may be given any desirable vertical inclination by means of the tapered joint m and the thumb-screw m", and the head of the person, when the rest is properly adjusted, will rest comfortably and easily against the piece D.

For Convenience in carrying it, the rod d may be removed from the hole d and the clasp O folded up near to the piece B, in the direction indicated by dotted lines in fig. 1. The rod may be folded together at the joint F and the springs a removed from the mortises or holes a, and said springs n be folded down parallel with and alongside the frame D, and the cloth headpiece D and springs n may be rolled up and convenient] y carried either in .the pocket or in the satchel, occupying very little space therein.

The joints m and F are tapered, so that more friction may be obtained between the piece f and the piece It, and the joint is thereby made much more rigid, and is more sure to be held secure from turning, by means of the thumb-screw y, when the .device is being used.

The clamp may be designated as a whole by the letter A, as the other letters used, 0, b, B, and c, merely designate the details of the clamp.

The bars a may be made rigid, having no elastic qualities, and maybe secured to the fi'amehof the headpiece, and the elasticity of the cloth or other substance might then be quite sufiieient for a practical and comfortable head-rest.

Having thus described our invention,

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a headrest', a clasp, 0', having a central opening made therein, or perforated, and jointed, at a, to the frame A, in combination with the thumb-screw 9, small clasp b, and spring wire 0, all constructed as herein described.

2. In combination with a head-rest constructed as described, the friction-joint F, having a conical seat, t, and a corresponding conical bearing, i, fitting therein, the same being held firmly together by means of the thumb-screw'g, operating in the threaded hole h, as herein described and for the purpose specified.

3. The bars n','pivoted to a frame D', having at tached thereto the cloth D, or other suitable material,

said bars being secured in a socket or block, m, having radial holes a, and madeadjnstable by means of the joint m and socket l, as herein described, for the purpose specified.

4. An improved head-rest, consisting of the clamp A, the jointed rod (1, the block m, pivoted to the socket Z, and the head-piece D, having the bars a attached to the frame I), all constructed substantially as described.

BAXTER LYON. CHARLES M. CURTIS.

Witnesses:

F. A. CURTIS, M. L. Boviv'ros. 

